Technology and Engineering

Engineering works and technological development.

Historic places
388Historic places
Built
1674–1970Built
Provinces and territories
12Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 123
  • Provincial 94
  • Municipal 171
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia84
  • Ontario68
  • Quebec57
  • New Brunswick45
  • Nova Scotia27
  • Alberta26
  • Newfoundland and Labrador22
  • Saskatchewan21
  • Manitoba19
  • Prince Edward Island13
  • Nunavut3
  • Yukon3

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 60 of the 328 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1674Moulin à vent de GrondinesDeschambault-Grondines, Quebec
  2. 1680Grand-Pré Rural Historic District National Historic Site of CanadaKings, Nova Scotia
  3. 1690Moulin à vent de VincelotteCap-Saint-Ignace, Quebec

The register gives no construction date for 60 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 143 of these 388 places. These names come up most often.

Names marked ↗ open their entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800–1950.

  1. W. E. Noffke (biography, opens in a new tab)6 places
  2. Dominion Bridge Company4 places
  3. Darling and Pearson4 places
  4. Francis Thompson (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  5. Gérard Macquet2 places
  6. British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company2 places

All 388 places

Often found together

Collections that share the most places with this one.

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